Mystery: I, the Hermit, am too eager to improve

Chapter 36 Two Books, One Ear

Eight o'clock in the morning, 37 Champagne Street.

Roy took out four pennies, handed them to the driver, and then got out of the carriage.

He walked to the door and knocked on the courtyard gate.

After a moment, the door didn't open, but he noticed the window next to it. The curtains were pulled back slightly, and a woman was cautiously observing the outside from inside.

Upon seeing Roy, she quietly shrank back.

"Mrs. Marlene, I'm the inspector, in charge of investigating the factory fire. Could you please open the door?"

"Roy shouted."

After a moment, faint footsteps came from inside, and then the woman opened the door and quickly pulled him into the room.

Roy looked at her.

The woman was not bad-looking, but her haggard appearance made her even more pitiful.

Inside the house, a pretty girl cautiously peeked out, only to be startled back inside by the woman's glare.

Mrs. Marlene said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I thought it was someone from another gang."

"I am Inspector Roy of this district."

Roy retrieved his identification documents.

This is the identification he received after becoming a full member, which makes it less troublesome when dealing with people.

The other party glanced at it, then said respectfully, "Mr. Roy, what do you need? I will certainly accommodate you."

"Your husband is a key member of the gold-splashing gang. I want his personal belongings, preferably things he wore in the days leading up to the incident."

Roy said.

The items at the scene were either damaged or their owners were unidentifiable. Trying to perform divination by searching for items at the scene was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

This morning, he visited several homes of key members of the Gold Splashing Party and tried many things, but to no avail.

Mrs. Marlene's husband was also a key member of the Splash Party.

Mrs. Marlene turned and walked upstairs.

Roy followed them and found that they had packed all their belongings, and it seemed they were about to leave Tingen.

"Are you leaving?"

"Lately, we've been followed a lot on the streets, and there have been signs of burglaries at our house. Sigh, the Gold Splashing Gang offended a lot of people in the past, and now that we're in trouble, they're all coming after us."

Mrs. Marlene complained.

Being followed?

Roy paused for a second, then ignored it and followed the footsteps ahead.

She moved very quickly.

She quickly pulled out a small bag and placed it in front of Roy, then bent down to tidy it up: "Mr. Roy, this bag contains all his more important and personal items. I've thrown away the less important ones."

"Do you have any items from the days before the accident?"

Roy glanced at it.

The bag wasn't large, but it was full of clothes, jewelry, and watches, but there were no signs of spirituality or extraordinary abilities.

We have to try them one by one, who knows when that will take.

Mrs. Marlene pondered for a moment and said, "One of the watches was smashed to pieces three days before the incident."

She rummaged through her bag and found a watch with a shattered screen, the hands and gears inside out. But it was a gold-rimmed silver watch, quite valuable, so she kept it.

Where did you fall?

"Well, it's hard to say for sure, but it should be somewhere on Champagne Street, because he was drinking at the Black Iron Bar on Champagne Street that day and then walked back along the street."

Black Iron Bar?

Isn't this their bar?

Roy thought to himself.

"Are there any other items?"

"there is none left."

Mrs. Marlene shook her head.

The range of personal items I own these past few days is too small, not to mention that some of them have already been thrown away.

She hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Sir, how many days do you need?"

"Let me see, I'll return it to you later."

Roy knew the other person was in a hurry to leave, didn't want to linger in Tingen, and didn't want to waste any more time, so he took the watch and left.

"May I use the restroom?"

"Can."

Marlene considered it for a second, and finally gritted her teeth and agreed.

She was probably worried that she might have switched the items.

Roy smiled and bowed, then walked toward the restroom.

Once inside the restroom, he gripped the silver watch, muttering to himself repeatedly.

"The scene of it being smashed."

Soon, Roy cleared his mind, calmed his spirit, and fell into a deep sleep.

The scene shifts to nighttime, and a man staggers down the street, looking as if he's drunk.

Suddenly, he saw a package, and when he bent down to pick it up, he stumbled and fell to the ground.

He slammed his left hand against the wall, and fragments flew everywhere.

He picked up the package, which contained two books and an object that looked like an ear, and it looked very strange.

The video ends here.

Roy's brow twitched.

ear.

Two books.

So, the reason they were being followed is likely because the Aurora Society wanted to retrieve the two books and One Ear, but they weren't sure if they were here, so they followed and investigated.

Roy thought for a moment and then took out the pendant.

"Those who are tracking and investigating Mrs. Marlene are members of the Aurora Society."

Repeat seven times, rotating clockwise.

It's an aurora viewing event.

"It would be dangerous to live in this house."

"..."

The pendant slowly rotates counterclockwise.

negative.

There is no danger living here.

The Aurora Club members are definitely not here; they've gone to search other areas.

He came out of the washroom, and Mrs. Marlene stood in the doorway, her eyes fixed on the watch in Roy's hand.

Roy thought for a moment and said, "You could sell this watch for a few shillings at most, but how about I give you 10 shillings?"

"Okay, of course!"

Mrs. Marlene nodded quickly.

Roy nodded, then asked, "Did he bring a package back with him that day?"

"Yes, he was carrying a package, but he wouldn't let me see it."

Mrs. Marlene couldn't help but complain.

"Didn't you see it during this cleaning?"

"no."

The woman shook her head.

"Thank you, I understand."

Roise has been in the last 10 years.

Then, he smiled and said, "In addition, I also know a little about divination. I just did a reading for you, and it should be safe to continue living here. I will also have people strengthen the security around here. If you only want to move out of anxiety, you might as well continue to live here. Of course, the final decision is up to you, Madam."

"this!"

Mrs. Marlene was both surprised and delighted. She nervously wiped her hands on her clothes, then blushed slightly. "Sir, would you like to stay for lunch, or—"

"No, protecting everyone's safety is our police department's responsibility."

Roy smiled slightly, put away his silver watch, and walked downstairs.

Mrs. Marlene saw him downstairs, and when they reached the door, seeing that Roy was really leaving, she whispered, "Mr. Roy, you are such a good man."

nice guy?

Roy paused for a moment, then waved his hand and left silently.

As he sat in the carriage, his thoughts drifted from Mrs. Marlene back to the silver watch, the two books, and his ears.

The silver watch displays a great deal of information.

The ear should be an extraordinary quality of the listener.

The two books may contain doctrines and ritual magic, and the rituals secretly performed by the Gold Splashers may have been learned from those two books.

Now there's a problem.

What about books and extraordinary characteristics?

Aurora Club obviously didn't get it, otherwise they wouldn't have been ransacking Marlene's house.

"Whether or not those two books are copied is another matter. I'm no match for the Aurora Society on my own. This matter must be reported to the church so that we can use the power of the Mechanical Heart to find them."

Those three things are a menace.

They possess the power to bewitch people, unconsciously influencing them and ultimately leading to tragedy. Their appearance is also full of coincidences, so they must have been deliberately thrown out by someone with ulterior motives.

Roy closed his eyes and meditated, trying to regain his spirituality.

(End of this chapter)